Reciprocal Borrowing Policy

Chicago Public Library cards are available to applicants residing outside Chicago's city limits whose local library participates in the Illinois Intersystem Reciprocal Borrowing Covenant.  Applicants who have a  library card from a reciprocal library need only present that card and one piece of identification, with name and address, and they will be issued a CPL card.

Participating Libraries

• A. Herr & E. E. Smith Loda Township Library (Loda)
• Acorn Public Library District (Oak Forest)
• Addison Public Library
• Algonquin Area Public Library District
• Alpha Park Public Library District (Bartonville)
• Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library District
• Andalusia Township Library
• Annawan-Alba Township Library
• Antioch Public Library District
• Arcola Public Library District
• Arlington Heights Memorial Library
• Ashland Public Library District
• Atkinson Public Library
• Atlanta Public Library District
• Atwood-Hammond Public Library District (Atwood)
• Atwood-Hammond Public Library District (Hammond)
• Auburn Public Library
• Aurora Public Library
• Ayer Public Library District (Delavan)
• Barrington Area Library
• Barry Public Library
• Bartlett Public Library District
• Batavia Public Library
• Beardstown Houston Memorial Library
• Bedford Park Public Library
• Beecher Public Library District
• Belleville Public Library
• Bellwood Public Library
• Bement Public Library District
• Bensenville Community Public Library
• Benton Public Library District
• Berkeley Public Library
• Berwyn Public Library
• Bethalto Public Library District
• Blandinsville-Hire Public Library District
• Bloomingdale Public Library
• Bloomington Public Library
• Blue Island Public Library
• Bluffs Public Library
• Bourbonnais Public Library District
• Bradford Anderson Oglesby Public Library (Markham)
• Bradford Public Library District
• Bradley Public Library
• Breese Public Library
• Bridgeview Public Library
• Brimfield Public Library
• Broadview Public Library District
• Brookfield Public Library
• Brown County Public Library District (Mount Sterling)
• Bryan-Bennett Library (Salem)
• Bunker Hill Public Library
• Bushnell Public Library
• Byron Public Library District
• Calumet City Public Library
• Calumet Park Public Library
• Cambridge Public Library District
• Camp Point Public Library District
• Carlinville Public Library
• Carlock Public Library District
• Carmi Public Library
• Carnegie-Schuyler Library (Pana)
• Carol Stream Public Library
• Carrollton Public Library
• Carterville Public Library
• Carthage Public Library
• Cary Area Public Library
• Case-Halstead Public Library (Carlyle)
• Casey Township Public Library
• Caseyville Public Library District
• Centralia Regional Library District
• Chadwick Public Library District
• Charleston Carnegie Public Library
• Chatham Area Public Library District
• Chatsworth Township Library
• Chenoa Public Library
• Cherry Village Public Library District
• Chicago Heights Public Library
• Chicago Ridge Public Library
• Chillicothe Public Library District
• Chrisman Public Library
• Cicero Public Library
• Clarendon Hills Public Library
• Clayton Public Library District
• Clinton Township Public Library
• Clover Public Library District (Woodhull)
• Coal City Public Library District
• Colchester District Library
• Coloma Township-Rock Falls Public Library
• Colona District Public Library
• Colona Library (Twin River District)
• Columbia Public Library
• Cook Memorial Public Library District
• Cordova District Library
• Cortland Community Library
• Coulterville Public Library
• Crab Orchard Public Library District
• Creston Dement Library
• Crestwood Public Library
• Crete Public Library
• Creve Coeur Public Library
• Crystal Lake Public Library
• Danvers Township Library
• Daugherty Public Library District (Dupo)
• Decatur Public Library
• Deer Creek District Library
• Deerfield Public Library
• Des Plaines Public Library
• Des Plaines Valley Public Library District (Lockport)
• Divernon Township Library
• Dixmoor Public Library District
• Dixon Public Library
• Dodge Memorial Public Library
• Dolton Public Library
• Downers Grove Public Library
• Doyle Public Library District
• Dundee Township Public Library District
• DuQuoin Public Library
• Earl Township Public Library
• East Alton Public Library
• East Dubuque Public Library
• East Hazel Crest Library District
• Edwardsville Public Library
• Eisenhower Public Library (Harwood Heights)
• El Paso Public Library
• Ela Area Public Library (Lake Zurich)
• Eldorado Memorial Public Library District
• Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library (Sullivan)
• Elk Grove Village Public Library
• Elkhart Public Library
• Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library
• Elmhurst Public Library
• Elmwood Park Public Library
• Elwood Township Carnegie Library
• Erie Public Library District
• Eureka Public Library District
• Evans Public Library (Vandalia)
• Evanston Public Library
• Evansville Public Library
• Evergreen Park Public Library
• Fairfield Public Library
• Fairview Heights Public Library
• Farmer City Public Library
• Farmersville-Waggoner Public Library District
• Flagg-Rochelle Public Library District
• Flora Public Library
• Flossmoor Public Library
• Fondulac District Library (East Peoria)
• Forest Park Public Library
• Forest Township Public Library District
• Forreston Public Library
• Fossil Ridge Public Library (Braidwood)
• Fountaindale Public Library District (Bolingbrook)
• Fountaindale Public Library District (Romeoville)
• Fox Lake District Library
• Fox River Grove Memorial Library
• Frankfort Public Library District
• Franklin Grove Public Library
• Franklin Park Public Library District
• Freeburg Area Library
• Freeport Public Library
• Fremont Public Library (Mundelein)
• Friends Creek Township Library (Argenta)
• Gail Borden Public Library (Elgin)
• Galatia Public Library District
• Galena Public Library District
• Galva Public Library District
• Geneseo Public Library District
• Geneva Public Library
• Genoa Public Library
• Georgetown Public Library
• Germantown Public Library District
• Girard Township Library
• Glen Carbon Public Library District
• Glen Ellyn Public Library
• Glencoe Public Library
• Glenside Public Library District (Glendale Heights)
• Glenview Public Library
• Glenwood-Lynwood Public Library District
• Governor State University - University Library
• Grand Prairie of the West Public Library District (Virden)
• Grande Prairie Public Library (Hazel Crest)
• Granite City Public Library District
• Graves-Hume Public Library
• Grayslake Area Public Library
• Greater West Central Public Library District (Augusta)
• Greater West Central Public Library District (Bowen)
• Green Hills Public Library (Palos Hills)
• Greenup Township Public Library
• Griggsville Public Library
• H.A. Peine Memorial Library (Minier)
• Hamilton Public Library
• Hanover Township Library
• Harrisburg Public Library District
• Harvard Diggins Library
• Harvey Public Library District
• Havana Public Library District
• Helen M. Plum Memorial Library
• Helen Matthes Library (Effingham)
• Henry C. Adams Memorial Library (Prophetstown)
• Herrick Township Public Library
• Herrin City Library
• Highland Park Public Library
• Hillsboro Public Library
• Hillside Public Library
• Hinsdale Public Library
• Hodgkins Public Library
• Homer Township Public Library District (Homer Glen)
• Hometown Public Library
• Homewood Public Library
• Hoopeston Public Library District
• Hope Welty Public Library (Cerro Gordo)
• Huntley Area Public Library 
• Ida Public Library (Belvidere)
• Indian Prairie Public Library 
• Indian Trails Public Library (Wheeling)
• Ira C. Reed Public Library (Lafayette)
• Itasca Community Library
• Jacksonville Public Library
• Jerseyville Public Library
• Johnsburg Public Library District
• Johnston City Public Library
• Joliet Public Library
• Jonesboro Public Library
• Julia Hull District Library (Stillman Valley)
• Justice Public Library District
• Kaneville Public Library
• Kansas Community Memorial Library
• Kewanee Public Library
• Kirkland Public Library
• Kitchell Memorial Library (Morrisonville)
• Knoxville Public Library
• LaGrange Park Public Library District
• Lake Bluff Public Library
• Lake Forest Library
• Lake Forest College Library
• Lake Villa Public Library District
• Lanark Public Library
• Lansing Public Library
• LaSalle Public Library
• Leepertown Township Public Library (Bureau)
• Lemont Public Library District
• Lena Community District Library
• Lewistown Carnegie Public Library District
• Lexington Public Library District
• Lillie M. Evans Library District (Princeville)
• Limestone Township Library (Kankakee)
• Lincoln Library (Springfield)
• Lincoln Public Library District
• Lincolnwood Public Library
• Lisle Library District
• Litchfield Public Library
• Louis Latzer Memorial Public Library
• Lovington Public Library District
• Lyons Public Library
• Mackinaw District Public Library
• Macomb City Public Library
• Manhattan Public Library District
• Manteno Public Library
• Marengo Public Library District
• Marion Carnegie Library
• Marissa Area Public Library District
• Marquette Heights Public Library
• Marrowbone Public Library District (Bethany)
• Martin Township Public Library (Colfax)
• Martinsville Public Library District
• Mascoutah Public Library
• Mason City Public Library
• Matson Public Library (Princeton)
• Matteson Public Library
• Maywood Public Library District
• McCook Public Library District
• McCoy Memorial Library (McLeansboro)
• McHenry Public Library District
• McHenry-Nunda Public Library
• Melrose Park Public Library
• Mercer Carnegie Public Library District (Aledo)
• Messenger Public Library of North Aurora
• Metropolis Public Library
• Midlothian Public Library
• Mills & Petrie Memorial Library (Ashton)
• Mokena Community Public Library
• Moline Public Library
• Moore Memorial Library District (Hillsdale)
• Morris Area Public Library District
• Morrison & Mary Wiley Library (Elmwood)
• Morrison-Talbott Public Library (Waterloo)
• Morton Public Library
• Morton Grove Public Library 
• Mount Carmel Public Library
• Mount Carroll Township Public Library
• Mount Hope- Funks Grove Township Library District (McLean)
• Mount Olive Public Library
• Mount Prospect Public Library
• Mount Zion Public Library
• Moweaqua Public Library
• Moyer District Library (Gibson City)
• Nancy L. McConathy Public Library (Sauk Village)
• Naperville Public Library: Nichols Library
• Nashville Public Library
• Nauvoo Public Library
• Neponset Public Library
• New Athens District Library
• Newman Regional Library District
• Niles Public Library District
• Normal Public Library
• Norris City Memorial Public Library District
• North Chicago Public Library
• North Riverside Public Library
• North Suburban District Library (Loves Park)
• North Suburban District Library (Roscoe)
• Northbrook Public Library
• Northlake Public Library District
• Oak Brook Public Library
• Oak Lawn Public Library
• Oak Park Public Library
• Odell Public Library (Morrison)
• O' Fallon Public Library
• Oglesby Public Library District
• Olney Carnegie Library
• Oregon Public Library
• Orland Hills Public Library District
• Orland Park Public Library
• Oswego Public Library District
• Palatine Public Library District
• Palestine Public Library
• Palos Heights Public Library
• Palos Park Public Library
• Pankhurst Memorial Library (Amboy)
• Paris Carnegie Public Library
• Park Forest Public Library  
• Parlin-Ingersoll Public Library (Canton)
• Pawnee Public Library
• Paxton Carnegie Library
• Pecatonica Public Library
• Pekin Public Library
• Pembroke Public Library District (Hopkins Park)
• Peoria Heights Public Library
• Peotone Public Library District
• Peru Public Library
• Petersburg Public Library
• Phoenix Public Library District
• Pinckneyville Public Library
• Pittsfield Public Library
• Plainfield Public Library District
• Plano Community Library District
• Polo Public Library District (Mason)
• Popular Creek Public Library District (Streamwood)
• Posen Public Library
• Prairie Creek Public Library District (Dwight)
• Prairie Skies Public Library District (Ashland)
• Prairie Trails Public Library (Burbank)
• Prospect Heights Public Library
• Putnam County Public Library
• Quincy Public Library
• Red Bud Public Library
• Reddick Public Library District (Ottawa)
• Richton Park Public Library
• River Forest Public Library
• River Grove Public Library District
• River Valley District Library (Port Byron)
• Riverdale Public Library District
• Riverside Public Library
• Riverton Village Library
• Robinson Public Library District
• Rochester Public Library
• Rockford Public Library
• Rolling Meadows Library
• Roodhouse Public Library
• Roselle Public Library
• Rosiclare Memorial Public Library
• Round Lake Area Public Library
• Roxana Public Library District
• Rural Woodstock Public Library District
• Rushville Public Library
• St. Charles Public Library 
• Saint Elmo Public Library
• Saint Joseph Township Swearingen Memorial Library
• Salem Township Free Public Library (Yates City)
• Sallie Logan Public Library (Murphysboro)
• Sandwich District Library
• Savanna Public Library District
• Schaumburg Township District Library
• Schiller Park Public Library
• Selby Township Library District (Depue)
• Seneca Public Library District
• Shawneetown Public Library
• Sheffield Public Library
• Sherman Public Library
• Shorewood-Troy Public Library District
• Sidell District Library
• Silvis Public Library
• Somonauk Public Library
• South Beloit Public Library
• South County Public Library District (Brussels)
• South Holland Public Library
• Sparta Public Library
• Spoon River Public Library District (Cuba)
• Squaw Grove Public Library District (Hinckley)
• Staunton Public Library
• Steeleville Public Library
• Steger-South Chicago Heights Public Library
• Sterling Public Library
• Stickney- Forest View Public Library District
• Stinson Memorial Public Library District (Anna)
• Stonington Township Public Library
• Streator Public Library
• Sugar Grove Public Library
• Summit Public Library District
• Sycamore Public Library
• Talcott Free Library District (Rockton)
• Taylorville Public Library
• Thomas Ford Memorial Library
• Thornton Public Library
• Three Rivers Library District (Channahon)
• Three Rivers Public Library (Minooka)
• Tinley Park Public Library
• Tiskilwa Public Library
• Toluca Public Library District
• Toulon Public Library District
• Town & Country Public Library (Elburn)
• Tremont District Library
• Trenton Public Library
• Tri-Township Public Library District
• Tuscola Public Library
• Urbana Free Library
• Utica Public Library
• Valmeyer Public Library District
• Vance Township Library ( Fairmont)
• Vernon Area Public Library
• Villa Park Public Library
• Viola Public Library District
• Warren County Public Library (Monmouth)
• Warren-Newport Public Library (Gurnee)
• Warrenville Public Library District
• Warsaw Public Library
• Watseka Public Library
• Wauconda Area Public Library
• West Chicago Public Library
• Westchester Public Library
• Westmont Public Library
• Westville Public Library District
• Wheaton Public Library
• William Leonard Public Library District (Robbins)
• Willow Branch Township Library (Cisco)
• Wilmette Public Library
• Wilmington Public Library
• Winchester Public Library
• Windsor Storm Memorial Public Library District
• Winfield Public Library
• Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District
• Woodridge Public Library
• Woodstock Public Library
• Worth Public Library District
• York Township Public Library
• Yorkville Public Library
• Zion-Benton Public Library

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